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My ducks shells were getting soft too. I put out oyster shells in a pan also mixed with their food. I also give them 1/2 cup of mealworms and dry puppy food. We throw in the pond. Which they love! Both are high in protein and calcium. It seems like the shells are getting better.

They are too young only, now will keep an eye for this behavior .🙏🏻

Thanks to all the replied🙏🏻We opened up the fence line between the guineas and chickens. So far so good. They have separate barns to go in at night. Last night they they both went into their own barns. This morning they were all together walking the yard. We have 1/2 acre fenced in with a creek...

We have 9 18 week old guineas that live next door to our 30 chickens and 2 Rosters. A guinea keeps flying over to the chicken side. It is getting crazy to keep having to catch her and put her back. We are thinking of just taking the fence between all of them? Any advise?

How about mealworm?

Sounds like they will be happier free ranging ! We will work on making them a shelter fir night time . Thank you for responding.

We have 20 chickens 4 ducks all in an 1/4 acre enclosed area with an electic fence. We do have trouble with foxes around at night. From what I have read Guineas like to be able to fly around a lot. So I would like to hear, if other folks free range their guineas during the day and put them in a...

No no no! We put a fence around the pond and raked it to make sure there are no turtles in there. They are safe there just not with the others.

We have 4 female and 3 male Khaki Campbell’s. 2 males have started fighting, we have moved them to a smaller pond on our farm. Will they be ok there or should we try and relocate them to a near by lake with wild ducks?

We have added 7 baby Khaki Campbell girl ducklings to our farm. They are a happy bunch swimming in the pond all times of the day and night! They have a separated fenced in area from the chickens with a pond and grassy area to themselves. They are 10 weeks old now we have been feeding them non...

Our chickens 40 plus 3 rosters have a new creek run through their yard about 2/3 of an acre fenced in due to all this rain and the love it they run/ wade through it all day!

We have 40 chickens and 3 Rosters we just got 7 baby khaki Campbell’s who are very happy in a big tub on my dinning room tableright now! Would like to hear about how others have raised ducks and chickens together?

[k QUOTE="A_Fowl_Guy, post: 21107919, member: m531928"]Could be rats or even your own chicken. I’d place a trail cam in the coop and see what it catches. Maybe a rat

Everyother day or so there is one egg in the bunch with a pecked in hole and the egg sucked out? Any ideas on what predictor this could be? Snake, mouse or what ?